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Joshua 1:5-9
"5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.6 "Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. 7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."
Moses has just died and Joshua is appointed to take his place the leader of the Jews to bring them into the promised land. I have been thinking about how God communicates through his word for a long time. One thing I have noticed is that God is often repetative. In this passage God reminds Joshua twice that He would never leave or for sake him and three times to be strong and courageous. What a a great way to help remember God's Word: repitition. Repetativeness is built right in by God Himself. He knows I can't remember half the things I want to and He build the main concepts in a repetative way so that I won't forget. How kind and lovng is our God.
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